| Rod Paige  AKA Roderick Raynor Paige
Born: 17-Jun-1933
Birthplace: Monticello, MS
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Secretary of Education, 2000-04 Military service: US Navy Big supporter of No Child Left Behind, a program widely hated by teachers in all fifty states. In a meeting to the National Association of Governors on 23 February 2004, Paige referred to the National Education Association (the largest teachers' union in the country) as a "terrorist organization". The statement required apologies and interesting explanations later that day. Father: Raynor C. Paige (d. 1995)
Mother: Sophie (d. 1996)
Sister: Elaine Witty
Sister: Raygene Paige
Wife: Gloria Crawford (m. Jul-1956, div. 1982, one son)
Son: Rod Jr. (b. 1959)
Girlfriend: Bettye Davis-Lewis
High School: Lawrence County Training High School, Monticello, MS
University: BA Physical Education, Jackson State College, Jackson, MS (1955)
University: MS Physical Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
University: PhD Physical Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Administrator: Texas Southern University, Houston, TX (1984-90)
Chartwell Education Group, LLC Founder
US Secretary of Education (2001-05)
Texas State Official School Superintendent, Houston, TX (1994-2001)
Member of the Board of News Corporation (2006-08)
Alfalfa Club 2003
George W. Bush for President
NAACP
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Wilson Council
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